Thursday, October 30, 2008

Erica's costume:


Princess Leia (a la Star Wars Episode IV) with natural hair buns. Of course, you [Wayne] as Luke were the perfect accessory.

Jamie's costume:


Slick pompadour, women's jean jacket and pants. It was quite slick. Think 70's Jersey Boy--Billy Joel.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Henry's costume:


Cheerleader

Chelsea's costume:


Waldo from "Where's Waldo?"

Ethan's costume:


Jolly Green Giant

Tom K's costume:


I was a pumpkin (a very large one) at a Halloween party as a boy -- the costume was hand-crafted by my Mother and was exquisite, but a terrible thing to wear…..

Tina's costume:

In 7th grade, I was a basketball hoop. I had a large white cardboard box siting on my shoulders with a hula hoop attached as the basketball hoop. My friend Kati was a basketball. Kati could step through the hula hoop for a 'shot'. We placed 2nd or 3rd at the middle school dance. It was awesome.

Tim's costume:


Super Mario, and I played Ultimate in the overalls, which I do not recommend

J's costume:


I went as a fly and used one of Mary Ellen's black sheer bras as compound eyes.

Wayne's costume:


The credits to Evil Dead (black clothes, white vinyl stick-on letters)

Monday, October 27, 2008

Dusty's misheard lyric:

"Dirty deeds done dirt cheap / Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap" as "Dirty deeds done to sheep / Dirty deeds and a thunderchief" in AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

Eugene's misheard lyric:


"Hike up your skirt a little more and show your world to me" as "Hack up your skirt, you little boy, and show your world to me" in Dave Matthews Band's "Crash"

Rick's misheard lyric:


"There's a bad moon on the rise" as "There's a bathroom on the right" in Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising"

Amy's misheard lyric:


Yet another "wrapped up like a douche"...

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Nancy's misheard lyric:


"Hush, Hush, keep it down now, voices carry" as "Hush, hush, don't go downtown, it's so scary" in 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"

Henry's misheard lyric:


Also "wrapped up like a douche"

Mary Ellen's misheard lyric:


"They paved paradise and put in a parking lot" as "Pink paradise, put in a parking lot" in Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"
"We'd ever die for these sins. We were merely freshmen" as "We'd every die forty cents. We were merely freshmen" in The Verve's "Freshmen"

Kareem's misheard lyric:


"Dirty deeds done dirt cheap" as "Dirty deeds done to sheep" in AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

Tom K's misheard lyric:

"Revved up like a deuce" as "Wrapped up like a douche" in Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Blinded by the Light"

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

J's misheard lyric:


In "Angel of the morning" by Juice Newton:
"Just brush my teeth before you leave me! Baby!"

Stephen's misheard lyric:


Barenaked Ladies - “Grade Nine”
“This is me in grape night….” was really “This is me in grade nine…”

Rob's misheard lyric:


Def Leppard, "Photograph"

"So wild, so free, so far from me"
"Phrenology is a farce to me"

Wayne's misheard lyric:

Heard "A mile-high rotten-egg air of death wrestles your nostrils" in Megadeth's "Rust In Peace...Polaris" as "A mile-high rotten-egg air of death...red socks for nostrils"

Rick's worst job:

Working night shift for three weeks in February outdoors in the rain replacing large diameter oil piping in the Arco refinery during a refinery shutdown back in the early 80's. No heat in the storage container trailers we were using for a changeroom and lunchroom.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Adina's worst job:


Shoveling the poop in horse stables in Tennessee

Tom's worst job:


One awful month at McDonald's

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Brandon's worst job:


Door to door salesman

Erica's worst job:


Floater pharmacist for Eckerd in Northeast Philly. Too many "back pain" patients (aka drug addicts) staring while you filled their Vicodin Rx

Alisa's worst job:


Probably working at a movie theater. The things I had to clean up in the dark.... it still gives me nightmares.

Wheels's worst job:



Utensil shiner at a fancy restaurant

Terry's worst job:


There have been so many, but the worst was polishing turbine airfoils
from 11PM to 7AM in a factory where the temperature hovered around 97 degrees.

Jamie's worst job:


Burger King. 9 months of high school.

Mark's worst job:

Take your pick: working in a sandpaper factory sticking sanding belts together or packing agro-chemicals in a paper suit that did very little to stop my skin burning.

Eugene's worst job:



Assistant to a not so good systems administrator

Christina's worst job:



McLanahan's Student Store at Penn State at 6 am on game day

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Mike's worst job:


International courier

Tim's worst job:


Canvassing door to door for an Environmental PIRG

Tom K's worst job:



Cashier in a skanky gas station mini-mart -- alone behind bullet-proof glass on the midnight shift for two months.

Chelsea's worst job:


Math/English teacher

Cordelia's worst job:

Working at Brindisi's restaurant and bar. Good nights: busing tables until 2am. Bad nights: trying to serve cocktails without getting pinched.

Kareem's worst job:


I once worked for a consulting company that required you to wear a suit and tie (even if you didn't meet clients), work 50+ hour weeks, and I had a 1.5 hour commute each way.

Beth's worst job:


Hostess at a chain restaurant

Dusty's worst job:



Cleaning/Unblocking the garbage chute at Whole Foods

Brian's worst job:

Replacing sewage lines; basically stand in a ditch, rip out the old pipe (caked with ‘stuff’ and worse ‘stuff’) and hope that no one flushes the toilet before you get the new pipe in place

Amy's worst job:

Barista at Citibabes Soho: making complicated coffee drinks for wealthy/celebrity moms and their nannies, taking 5-minute-long orders for baby food assembled just so, smiling with gritted teeth at condescending management

Ethan's worst job:


New York Times delivery boy

Nancy's worst job:



Cleaning the "flash" off costume jewelry castings in the same room with the kilns. In the summertime. With no air conditioning.

Matt's worst job:



Dishwasher at Perkins

Henry's worst job:



Bagboy